![]() ![]() Nicholas Mascie-Taylor, University of Cambridge Michael A. ![]() She is editor of the annual Gorilla Conservation News and serves on the Scientific Advisory Council of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.Ĭambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Editors C. S is Research Associate at the University of California, Davis, where her research focuses on the socioecology and conservation of apes. She was Director of the Karisoke Research Center from 1993 to 1994. Her research interests lie in male–male competition, male–female relationships, and female mate choice. P S is Associate Professor of Primatology at the University of Calgary. Her research currently focuses on the behavioral ecology and reproductive strategies of the gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. R is Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig. ![]() Aimed at graduate students and researchers in primatology and behavioral ecology, it will also appeal to all those interested in gorilla conservation, and represents the most up-to-date and diverse collection of information available on this endangered ape. This book highlights and summarizes some of the behavioral, ecological, and conservation work on mountain gorillas, and makes comparisons with findings from other study sites. While most of what we know about the genus Gorilla is based on mountain gorillas, data on the other two recognized subspecies have increased over the past 20 years. Mountain gorillas have also been the focus of intense conservation efforts, which have become a model for conservation programs elsewhere. The findings have made significant contributions to models of comparative primate behavioral ecology. Long-term observations on known individuals, from birth to death, as well as data on social behavior within and between groups have led to an understanding of many aspects of the social system of gorillas. These gorillas are not habituated to the presence of humans so our trackers follow them from behind at a one-day distance, using nest sites, food remains, footprints and other methods to detect their presence, numbers, travel paths, diets and other important information.Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology 27 Mountain Gorillasįor the past three decades the mountain gorillas of Karisoke Research Center have been the subject of many studies focusing on their behavior and ecology. As a result, these trackers camp for weeks at a time to protect this vast area. Unlike in Rwanda, where the gorillas are only a several-hour hike from the edge of the park, the gorillas of Nkuba are located deep in the forest, requiring our trackers to walk several days to reach them. Now formally named the Nkuba Conservation Area, we work here with many local families to protect more than 600,000 acres of forest, hundreds of Grauer’s gorillas, chimpanzees, forest elephants, leopards and many other important species. In 2012, the Fossey Fund set up a research and conservation field station in the village of Nkuba at the edge of a pristine forest and conducted intensive surveys of the area to analyze the status of Grauer’s gorillas and other large mammals in the region. Since most Grauer’s gorillas live outside national parks, engaging local communities in conservation efforts is essential. Grauer’s gorillas are found only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, unlike their mountain gorilla cousins, are rapidly declining – more than 60% have been lost, primarily to poaching, in the last few decades. ![]()
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